Ian, led by Arthur, soon swam into the deep sea.

Nearly 10,000 meters below the seabed, you can't see anything, only the fluorescence emitted by some plankton is intermittently lit, like fireflies.

"Arthur, is your appointment a little too deep?"

Ian knocked on the door of his head, and the golden dragon scales above his head emitted a soft golden light, illuminating the surroundings.

There are several beasts under the sea that are attracted by this light.

They are full of joy and want to have a meal, and there is not much to eat in the extreme environment of the seabed.

With a wave of his hands, the sea water around him turned into two whips, which snapped at the sea beasts, causing them to scream and run away with their tails.

"It's been a long time since I saw Vico, since I learned about my mother's death."

A circle of white appeared around Arthur's pupils, allowing him to see what was at the bottom of the ocean without the light emitted by Ian's dragon scales.

Batman had adapted to the action at the bottom of the sea, stabilized his body and frowned and asked, "Queen Atlanta is in trouble?" Why didn't you tell your father? ”

What he really wondered was if there was a conspiracy in this, but he didn't ask, rubbing salt on Arthur's wounds.

"I don't want to extinguish his hope. I have lost my mother and do not want to lose my father again. Arthur shook his head in a deep voice.

"What happened to Queen Atlanta?"

Ian knows many versions of Aquaman's origins, and is unclear if this world Atlanta is really dead.

Arthur closed his eyes and was silent for a few seconds, but still spoke, he needed an outlet to vent.

"Ovax, the former chief of the guard of Atlantis, was the husband appointed to my mother by the previous king of Atlantis.

But my mother did not want to succumb to her father's power and persecution, so she fled to the land and was united with my father.

A vengeful Owax staged a coup d'état, exiled my mother to a place from which there was no escape, established herself as regent, put his son on the throne, and eradicated the factions that advocated peace. ”

"So now the man on the throne of Atlantis is a man who wants to wage war on land."

"Maybe your mother isn't dead!"

The former is what Batman said, and the latter is Ian's.

Arthur's gaze wandered over the two of them for a while, but he didn't speak.

Facing Batman's gaze, Ian smiled slightly and explained, "If we can't survive the Apocalypse, the entire earth will be doomed, and Atlantis will cease to exist."

If we stop the invasion of the Apocalypse, the threat of force in Atlantis is nothing.

So now it makes no sense to care about those who sit on the throne. ”

Both Batman and Arthur nodded secretly, thinking that this statement made sense, so the two instantly left Atlantis behind.

Batman thought of letting Arthur fight for the throne, but Arthur had always lived on land and had no prestige within Atlantis, so instead of being able to organize an army, he might trap himself in the whirlpool of political struggles, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Immediately, he gave up on the idea, not even willing to speak.

Arthur continued to lead Ian and Bruce on his way, and soon came to a man-made building.

He pointed to the mutilated statues that were already crawling with shellfish and said, "Atlantis is a union of the Seven Kingdoms, and this is where the kings met when Atlantis was still standing on the earth. ”

"When I was younger, Vico loved to tell me the old legends under these statues. To be honest, I still miss that time. ”

Ian spun around and looked at the statues that were already too bad to look good, and shook his head, "It seems that Atlantis doesn't miss the old days very much!" ”

"What do you mean? Every time Vico tells the story of the past, it is in a respectful tone, how can he not miss the past. Arthur didn't understand Ian's words and swam up to him and asked.

Batman habitually checked the security around him and didn't join the conversation.

Ian pointed to the fallen rocks and said, "If they are really what you say, such an important place should not be left alone, but repaired with all their hearts." But see for yourself what has become of the surroundings. ”

"Your friend is right, Arthur!"

The sea water around the ruins was still discharged, instantly creating a foggy and waterless area that looked like land, and those fish and shrimp who had no time to escape could only keep fluttering on the stones.

Vico, dressed in brass-colored armor, crossed the water film, stood in front of Arthur, looked up at him and said, "Long time no see, Arthur." I'm glad you informed me of such an important matter. ”

"Don't get me wrong."

Arthur was so cold to Vicodi's enthusiasm that he even took a few steps back and said, "I'm here for my father and my friends on land, not for your Atlantis." ”

Batman stood silently beside Ian.

Vico was greatly dissatisfied, and frowned: "You are the prince of Atlantis and the rightful heir to the throne. Maintaining peace on land and at sea is not only your responsibility, but also your mother's expectation. ”

"And where is she now?"

Arthur's tone was extremely cold, and he forced Vico back with a word, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Isn't the so-called hope for peace killed by yourselves?" ”

"That's just the calculation of a handful of people from Ovax and Orm who want to tie all of Atlantis to their chariot."

Vico said with some pleading, "Only you can stop them, Arthur." ”

Arthur is unmoved, he has lived on land for too long and has no sense of belonging to the sea at all.

Seeing that they were about to break up, Ian stood up and said, "Let's talk about it later when we fight for the throne, we are not here for today. ”

"Chief Vico, since you've heard the story of the Great War of the Ancients, you should know how terrible the enemy is from the dark noon."

Vico was not hostile to Ian, nor did he have a good impression, but said businessmanlikely: "We are very aware of the importance of the mother box, and I have sent someone to take strict care of it." This is nothing to worry about. ”

"The safety of the mother box is related to the whole earth, how can we not care."

Ian wouldn't let Vico use this excuse to prevaricate himself: "According to Arthur, the Atlanteans have taken the Battle of the Ancients as a legend. I'm curious if you'll be able to convince Atlantis of the current rulers. ”

Ian's words hit the nail on the head of Vico, and as soon as he got the news, he informed Orm.

But Arthur's half-brother didn't take this seriously, and didn't even allow Vico to use the power of the chief of the guard to send troops to strengthen the guard, and prepare to conquer the other kingdoms under the sea, and then attack the land.

Vico was very upset about this, but he didn't want to expose the fact that Atlantis was falling apart in front of the landers, so he had to continue to be stubborn:

"According to the ancient covenant, the humans, the Amazons, and Atlantis each guarded a mother box and did not interfere with each other. You just have to worry about your own problems. ”

Ian saw through Vico's pretended to be calm and smiled, "According to the ancient covenant, when the Apocalypse invades again, the coalition forces should be reorganized to defend against our common enemy. Will the Chief of the Vico Guard be able to honor this treaty? ”

Vico had a big headache in his heart, he couldn't even send troops to strengthen the guard of the mother box, how could he persuade Orm, who didn't believe in the past story, to form an alliance with the landers.

In fact, if he hadn't received such training since childhood, Vico wouldn't have taken what happened 10,000 years ago seriously.

Arthur really found a great friend!

Vico sighed in his heart, and then asked directly: "Land people, what do you want, just say it!" ”

Ian nodded and spoke, "I want to leave Arthur to be the caretaker of the mother box, after all, he is the prince of Atlantis, and he always has some responsibilities to bear." ”

When Arthur heard "Atlantis", he instinctively wanted to object. But then, he realized that it was just an excuse, and he fell silent.

Vico sighed and said, "What's the difference between this and letting me hand over the mother box directly to you?" ”

"Oh, don't you say it!"

Ian is snorting haha, but in fact he doesn't hide his true purpose at all.

"At least my proposal makes Arthur have to accept the title of Prince of Atlantis. You don't lose money by trading something that Atlantis doesn't care about! ”

Is it a loss? Of course not!

Vico knew very well that Atlantis didn't know how to use the mother box at all, and leaving this thing would do more harm than good, and teach it to the landers, but instead threw the trouble out.

"Well, as long as Arthur acknowledges that he is the prince of Atlantis, I will give you the mother box."

Vico looked at Arthur, waiting for him to answer.

Ian bumped Arthur on the shoulder and whispered, "Just admit it verbally, if you really don't want to deal with them, if you run to the land, they won't be able to catch up!" ”

"Since you want me to admit it so much, then I'll admit what kind of prince I am."

Arthur emphasized, "But I'm not for you or that savage Atlantis. ”

Vico sighed and took out the armor and drank the silver trident: "Take it!" ”

"What is this?" Arthur didn't reach out to accept it.

"Your mother's armor and trident, they belong to you." Vico snapped, "I should have handed them over to you a long time ago. ”

"Then you can't fight the enemy empty-handed."

Ian persuaded him, and Arthur silently took two things.

He directly put on the brass armor, and instantly changed from a sloppy strong man to a majestic general, and with the trident, it was even more majestic.

Vico nodded with satisfaction and said to them, "Follow me, and I'll take you to get the mother box." ”

Vico lifted the spell to maintain the waterless space, and the water slowly fell to fill the ruins once more.

Ian sits aboard the jellyfish submarine in Atlantis and marvels at their creatures and machines plus a special tech tree with a little magic.

Vico didn't explain too much about the science and technology, mainly because he was proficient in this area, and he didn't want to say more if he didn't understand.

The Atlantean submarine was much faster than a human swimmer, and after an infinite speed on the pitch-black seabed, they soon came to another equally dilapidated ruin.

Ian saw that the place was supposed to be a tower-like auditorium, but now all that was left was the base, the strange thing created by the swirling currents around it.

He closed his eyes, and through the power of the water spirit, he felt that there were thousands of soldiers hidden in the middle of the rubble, as well as a lot of weapons.

At least Vico didn't lie, he had done his best to keep the mother box safe.

But the power of the Apocalypse Star was far beyond his imagination, and these arrangements could not stop the demonoids.

Vico pushed the ship out of the rubble and said to Ian, "Although the people in this neighborhood are my cronies, there are officers among them who are loyal to Aum.

In order not to reveal my identity, I can only create opportunities for you, as for whether you can get the mother box, it depends on your skills. ”

Ian looked at Vico dissatisfied: "You can just make it clear when we trade." ”

"It's just the first time we've met, so it's normal to have reservations."

Vico naturally said: "By the way, don't reveal your identity as a landholder, as long as you don't say it yourself, no Atlanteans will think that landlanders can enter the deep sea." ”

"Well, it's a stereotype now."

Ian shook his head as Vico entered the rubble, allowing the hidden soldier to emerge.

"Let's go, since we're here, we can't go back empty-handed."

Ian waved to Batman and Arthur, and the three of them slowly swam into the rubble pile under the cover of the ocean current.

They also don't know if Atlantis has similar monitoring equipment, after all, the bottom of the sea is different from the land.

They made their way through the rubble pile without being spotted anyway, and when they stumbled into a patrolling soldier, Ian waved his hand and slapped the water on his head, solving the problem before they could give a warning.

"With such security, I doubt that these Atlanteans will be able to keep the mother box safe."

Batman was unhappy with the smooth sneak.

"With Veco covering us, of course it will be a lot easier."

Ian didn't feel that this was the true strength of the Atlantean army.

Aum was bent on preparing for war, and even if Vico said that the soldiers here were his cronies, there might not be many elites inside.

"Let's go inside!"

The trio walked through the massive arched doorway and into the middle of the ruins of the auditorium, where they saw the mother box that had been placed on a stone pillar in the middle.

Arthur couldn't wait, so he rushed directly to take away the mother box, and he didn't want to stay at the bottom of the sea for a moment.

But Ian and Batman held down Arthur at the same time, reminding: "How can you put a treasure out like this, there must be traps around." ”

With that, Ian showed the five spirit locks, transformed into an icy deer, and the cold breath slowly emanated from a pair of antlers, instantly causing a layer of frost to form on the ruins of the Great Hall.

Ian stepped open and walked towards the mother box, where everything in his path was frozen into a thick layer of ice.

Atlantis' seawater-powered machines briefly failed and stopped working before they could even do their job.

Under the gaze of Batman and Arthur, Ian picks up the mother box on the table, turns and runs.

At this moment, a mermaid-like figure suddenly burst out and rushed over with countless layers of seawater.

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